Garment-form.



PATENTED Nov; 27, 1906.

P. F. QUINN. GARMENT FORM. APPLICATION FILED .nmm. 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET L Wilma! PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

P. F. QUINN. GARMENT FORM.

APPLIUATION FILED mum, 1906.

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GARMENT-FORM.

Patented Nov. 27, 1-906.

Application filed January 27, 1906. Serial in. 298,145.

To all whom it may concern! Be it known that I, PATRICK F. QUINN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Forms, fully de-- scrlbed and represented .in the following specification and the accompanying drawin s, forming a part of the same;

his invention relates to improvements in garment-forms.

Garment-forms as now generally constructed are sectiona1 that is, the form comprises a plurality of sections having a relative ad-' justment 'with respect to-each other, by'

which adjustment certain variations in the dimensions of the form may be secured. In the constructions heretofore employed, however, it-has been impossible .to adjust the sections so thathiportions or'hips of the form maybe increased or diminished without .at the same time increasin ordiminishing the waist of the form. In t ese prior constructions when it is desired to increase the hip 'portions and at the same time retain the same waist the hip portions are increased or diminished to the extent desired by properly adjusting the sections, which are thensecured in osition, and the waist is then brought to the desired dimensionsby taping in the form at the waistthat 1s, by securing a tape or thelike in any suitable manner by which the hip portions or hips of the form may be adjusted without necessitating the taping in of the form at its waist, thus avoiding dama e to the form. It 1s,fu rthermore, desirable in this class of forms to provide a construction by which the hip portions or hips ofthe form may be so adjusted as to permit an increase in the hips of the form and at the same time retain the so-called straightfront effect, the dimensions of the form at its front or back bein unchanged, such ad.- justment being desira 1e.

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provide a simple, cheap, and efii'cient construction bywhich these desired adjustments may be obtained.

-' 'It'is a further-object of the invention to provide an improved skirt frame .for the skirt ortion of the form.

. It is afurther object of the "invention to provide an improve construction bywhich the bust fullnes's. of the form may be adjusted.

Referring now tothe drawings, which illu's-' trate one'embodiment of .the invention, and

in which like characters of reference indicate like parts,-Fi-gure= 1 is a front View of the garment-form, certain parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is 'a rear view of the improved form, a part of the skirt-frame bein broken away. Fig. 3 is a side view looking in the direction of arrow 3 in Fig. 1, a art of the skirt-porig. 4 is aplan iew, partly in section, taken on line4 4 of Fig. 1, showing the hip-adjusting mechanism. 5 is a view, partly in section, on an enlarged scale, taken on line5 5, Fig.3. 'Fig. 6, is a section, on an enlarged scale,'taken on line 6 6 offig. v1. Fig. 7 is a detail looking in the di re tion of arrow 7, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a View looking in the direction of arrow 8, Fi 1., showing the. neck-adjusting devices. igs. 9 and 10 show modifications of the hip-ad- In-t e drawings, which illustrate'the invention in one of its preferred forms, the form is shown as. comprising what may be termed three main portions.a skirt portion A, a hip and bustportion B, anda shoulder. and neck portion Cthe construction of which portions .will be hereinafter fully, described. These various portions of theform are supported in any suitable man- As shown, the su porting means include a standard 1, whic has the usual-supporting-legs 2. From this standard 1 rises a rod 3, which rod is a hollow'one and'receives a second rod '4, this-rod-4 being adjustably secured within the rod 3 by a. sleeve 5 and set-screw '5 and supporting the hip and bust portion B and the skirt-section A. The;

rod 4 is also a hollow iod and receives a rod 6, which-rod sup orts the neck and shoulder portion C of the ibrrm the rods 4 and 6 being adjustably connected by a sleeve 7 and setscrew 7.

The shoulder and neck portion C and the hi and bust portion B each comprises a p1ura ity of sections','the sections being formed and the construction and adjustment of these portions will now be described, the

shouldersind neck portion C being for convenience described first. As shown, this shoulder portion 0 is divided vertically into four sections similar in construction and which are marked 8 9 1O 11., These sections aresupported by the adjustable rod 6, which is provided at its upper extremity with a SUD".

porting-plate 20. (See Fig. 8.) To the neck portions of each of the sections 8 9 10 11 is secured a, slotted plate 21, one of these slotted (plates being provided for each section an secured thereto by, adivided collar or band 22. These slotted plates are supported on .the plate 20 and are arranged to slide one on the other, the slots of two opposite plates coinciding. The slots of all the plates are engaged by the'rod 6, which extends above the supporting-plate 20, and

this extension is threaded and engages a handle-nut 23, (see Fig. 2,) ositioned above the plates, by which the p ates 21 may be securely fixed in position. These sections of the neck and shoulder portion of the form may thus by this construction be adjusted rela tively to each other to varythe dimensions of that ortion as desired. The sections 8' 9 10 11 0 this portion C of the form are adjustably connected with the hip and bust portion B, so as to have a relative adjustment thereto by metal straps or braces 24. These straps 24 may be adjustably secured in any suitable manner. As' shown, (see Fig. 2,) each strap is secured at one end to a section of the portion C, the other end of the strap la ping over onto a'section of portion B, this atter endof the strap being free to.

slide. On the section of portion B -ator near its top is secured a strap or bar 25, such a strap or bar being provided for each brace 24. This strap 25 extends transversely over the brace 24 and carries a clamping screw 25?, by which the brace 24 is secured against movement when the-sections are adjusted. This construction permits an adjustment between the shoulder and neck por tion of the form and the hip and bust portion by which the height of the shoulder or neck portion may be increased or diminished relatively to the remainder of the form as desired.

As before stated, the hip and bust portion B of the form which will now be described, like the shoulder and neck portion C, comrises a pluralityof sections which are ormed by dividing the portion B vertically. The number of sections thus formed may be varied, but preferably and as shown is four. These sections are marked 12 13 14 15 and are supported in such a manner as to have a relative adjustment with respect to, .each. other. As shown, there is provided on the rod 4 a sliding collar 26, provided with a setscrew 26, on which collar is carrieda sup'porting-plate 28. This plate' 28 has a plurality of radial arms28, one such arm being provided for each section. The arms 28 are slotted, .as at 2'9, and form'tracks on which are car ried movable supports of suitable construction, one for each section, these movablejsupports being shown as blocks or plates,

(marked 30.) These supporting blocks or plates 30 are adjustable longitudinally of the' arms 28 and are adjustably secured thereto by clamping-screws 31 working in the slots 29. v The SBCtiOnS 12 13 14 15 of the hi "and bust portion of the form are several y see cured to these supportinglates 30 by connections hereinafter descri ed, so as-to be movable therewith. By moving the blocksor plates 30 inward or outward from the center the ordinary adjustment in the dimen sions of-th'e form is securedthat is, .tliezdi:

mensions of the form are varied throughout both at the front and back, at the waist, and at the hips, as shown in plan in Fig: 4.

As before stated it is desirable that'a construction be provided by which the sections of the form may be so adjusted as to increase or diminish the hips of the form relatively to the waist, the hips being increasedand the waist unchanged Without necessitating the taping in or squeezing in of the waist heretofore referred to. Means are therefore vprovided for effecting this adjustment, such means including connections by which an adjusting movement may be given each-section of the portion B independent of the adjusting movement given the sections by the supporting plates 30,- just described. These connections will now be described.

The movable sup orting blocks or plates 1 30 support second looks or plates 32, one such plate being provided for each section and to which thesections are secured in any suitable manner. These plates 32 are for a purpose hereinafter referred tof'made in two parts, hinged as at 35. The supporting blocks or plates 30 areslottcd, as shown at'33,

and the plates32, to which the sections are the section by a hinge 40.

tion the adjusting strap or brace 37 is the plates on the I late-arms 28., the direc- I connections for the'hip ortion or art 39 are tion of-these slots" eing substantially parallel With-the sides 33 of two adjacentsec tions. With this construction it will be seen that a sidewise adjusting1 movement maybe given the sections whic the movement given them by the supportingplatesj30. This side'wise adjusting'movement'allows the dimensions of the hip orhip portion of the form to be increased relatively; to the front or back, thus permitting the hips.

or the hips andback of the form to be in creased or diminished, at the same time retaining the so-called straight-front effect,

such adjustmentbeing accomplished by ad 1 justing the back-sections 1415' as desired by the supportin -plates 30, the hips beir'n then adjusted 'ibyt 'e' P18136832, as described. .To obviate the necessity of taping in. the form or'the waist, each of the sections 12.113 14 15 (see Fig-.1) is divided horizontallyintotwo portions or parts whieh'are'hi'nged together by a hinge 36,"such ahingebeing provided for each section] These hingesare 'positioned, preferably,'- at ornearl one edgejof each section, and at'or near the 'otherand ope osite edge is provided an adjusting strap or race" 37 (See Fig.6.) This strap or brace is similar in construction (to the braces or straps 44, before" described and is'suitably secured atone end to the lowerportion 36- of each section, theother and free"v end lapping. over onto the upper portion 36 and L-is se.-'

cured when adjusted by a clamping-screw 38,

carried by a transverse strap. or brace 38.,

which is positioned on the upper "tuition; the

two portions thus being adj-ustab cr atively to each other. Thisconstruction does away with the necessity of squeezing or. taping-in;

the form at the waist, as the lower portion'of each section swings on the "hinge 36 when the plate 32 is movedinward oroutwardtd adjust the hips, as described; this swinging in or out on the hinge 36 being permittedbfy the' hinge I35, and each sectioni's, secured. .in

proper position and kept from s ringing out of position by the strap 37 and t e clamping-- screw 38; In Figs. 9 and 10 isillustratedone modification ofthis construction employed for adjusting thefhips relatively/to the waist.

In'this modification thesections12 13 14 15 instead of being divided 1 horizontally at or near the waist-line are dividedvertically','as shown in Fig; 9, the line of division extending from at or near the waist-line down, that portion of each sectionflforming the hip proper being thus 'separatedfrom the rest of eachsection, this partbeing'marked39. In this construction the'block or plate 32 is divided,

as shown at 40, and the hip 1 art or portion 39 is secured to the art 41, ivided off from the block and hinge to the other portion of In this construcis independent of straight-front effect to the skirt.

.rnaterial, as papiereniach;

omitted. "Ihe' supporting "and adjusting similar to the connectionsherein efore de- 'scribed,'which description is sufficient for an vided with a skirt 'portion,as such is in most 1 instances necessary ordesirable. This skirt portion (markedAin the drawings) may be of any. suitable construction. As shown, it

comprises a network ofvertical ribs or straps v 45 which join at suitable intervals with hori zon'tal ribs 46, these ribs being formed,"pre f'- "erably, of metal straps of any suitable material,-jsuch as sheet-tin, for instanceand for a purpose hereinafter referred to, being ivo'tally secured together by riveting. As s own,

furthermore, the skirt portion comprises a plurality of sections equal number-to the sections of the hip andbust portion, these sections being marked 16, 17, '18, and .19. Each of these sections is secured in any suit- .able mannerto-the corresponding section of the-hip and bust portion and is, supported thereby-that is, section 16 of the skirt p6rtion is suitably-secured to section 12 of the. hip andbus't portion, section 17 to section 13,

.andso on. -;With this construction the'skirtsectionsare adapted to receive the same adj usting movements as are given the sections of the'hip'and bust portions, and thus when the -.hip' and bust portion is adjusted to increase the-hips the skirt portion is likewise adjusted,

but still retains its front lines, giying'the 4 V These sections-ofj the skirt portion A are firml secured or locked together when in proper po- ICC sition by locking bars or braces 47, these lockring-bars "or braces 'bein'g rovide'dv with notches" 48; As before state the metallic 'straps'of which-the skirt-portion is formed are riveted-together, so' that when'the'sections of the skirt portion' areadjusted the straps will'not be twisted or torn apart at the j oin1ng*points,'the rivets allowing a free play between the straps as the sections are swung in or out.

The portions ,B C of the form forming the bust and hipsections andthe neck and shoulder sections may be made of any suitable This material will, however, .bef preferably covered withcloth.- or like material, to which the garment to befitted may be readily pinned.

It is desirable in this class of garmentform's' that some means he provided by which the bustfullness of the form may be adjusted and the bust-line'raised or lowered relatively to the rest of the form. The means provided for accomplishing this purpose is preferably member, 'Whichma'y be put on and taken off the form asis necessary or desirable. As

shown, the front sections 12 13 of the bustportion B of the form (see Figs. 1 and 6) are provided with slots 42, in which slots clamp: ing-screws 43 work, which clamping-screws carry the detachablev member 44, one such member, as shown, being provided for each section, though it is obvious thatone such membervcould include. both sections. member44, as shown, conforms to the configuration of the bust andis of any suitable r desirablev dimensions, This detachable member 44:is also preferably ofthe same material as thebust-sections, this material being of suchacharac'ter. as to permit the garment draped .onthe form to be pinned thereto. Bvmoving the clamping-screws 43 in the slots 42 the member 44 is raised or lowered, thusraising or-lowering the bust-line relatively to the remainder of the form and'in creasing or decreasing the bust fullness. V I

. What is claimed is 1. A garment-form having a hip and bust portion divided vertically into a plurality of sections having a relative adjustment with res eot to each other, a movable support for eac section by which one adjusting movement is given to each section when its sup port is moved, and an adjustable hinged member, carried by each support for giving each section a second adjusting movement independently of the movement given it by the support.

2.v A garment-form having a hip and bust portion divided vertically into a plurality of sections having a relative adjustment with respect to each other, each of said sections being divided into two portions, a hinge between the portions, a movable support for each section by which one adjusting movement is given each section when its support is moved and an adjustable hinged member carried'by each support to which one of the portions of each section is secured for giving it a second adjusting movement independent of the movement given it by the support.

3. A garmentform having a hip and bust portion divided vertically into a plurality of sections having a relative adjustment with respect to each other, each of said sections being divided horizontally into an upper and lower portion, a hinge between the portions, a movable support for each section by which one adjusting movement is given each section when its support is' moved, and an adjustable hinged member carried by each support to which the lower portion of each section is secured for giving it a second adjusting movement independent of the movement iven it by the support, said hinged member.

eing movable angularly to said support.

4. A garment-form having a hip and bust This a pluralit portiondividedvertically into austerit or 6 sections having a relative ad'ustr'nent with respect to eachjother, each o said sections being. divided horizontallyinto an upper'and lower portion, a hinge between the 'ortions, a movable support for eachse'ction which one adjustingmovement is 'giveneach section when its support is moved, andan adjustable hinged member carried by each support to which thelower portion of each section is secured for giving it a second adjusting movement independent of the movement 1given it by the support, said hinged member eing movable angularly to said support, and

an adjusting-strap between the portions of each section. y

5. A garment-form having a hip and bust portion divided vertically into a plurality of sections having a relative adjustment with respect to each other, each of said sections being divided horizontally into an upper and lower portion, a hinge between the ortions,

, a movable support for each section y which one adjusting mpvement is given each section when its support is moved, a clampingscrew for securing the sup ort, a slot in the support extending angular y thereto, an adjustable hinged member to which the lower portion of each section is secured carried by a clamping-screw working in theslot for giving said lower portion a second adjusting movement independent of the movement given it by the support, and an adjustable strap between the portions of each section.

6. A garment-form comprising a hip and bust portion divided into a plurality of sections having a relative adjustment with respect to each other, connections for giving two independent adjusting movements to each section, and a skirt portion comprising of sections secured to the corresponding ip and bust sections and adapted to simultaneously partake of the adjusting movements thereof.

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7. A garment-form comprising a hip and bust portion divided into a plurality of sections having a relative adjustment with respect to each other, connections for giving two independent adjusting movements to each section, and a skirt portion comprising a network of metallic straps or braces pivotally secured together, said skirt portion comprising a plurality of sections secured to the corresponding hip and bust sections and adapted to simultaneously partake of the adjusting movements thereof.

8. A garment-form having a hip and bust portion divided'into a plurality of sections, an adjustable detachable member for varying the dimensions of the form at the bust portion, and connections for securing the member to the form.

9. A garment-form having a hip and bust portion divided into a plurality of sections,

seegeee 3) e I the sections forming the bust belng slotted, In testlmony whereof I have hereunto set an edgusteble detachable member for each my hand 111 the presence 0% two subscnbmg section 1'01" varylng the dlmenslons of the Witnesses.

, form at the bust portion of the sections, and PATRZGK F. QUINN.

A clamping-screws worklng 1n theslots for se- 'Witnessesr wring the said members to thenrespeetlve P. B. PHILIPP,

sectione T. F. KEHOE. 

